Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| never / can / listen / They |
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| never / I / what to say / know |
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| eat / hardly ever / I / oranges |
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| I / saw / five times / it |
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| shopping / have to go / day in, day out / I |
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| feel tired? / often / you / Do |
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| every other day / We / have / soup |
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| have lunch / usually / you / Do / at home? |
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| in the mornings. / usually / am / very tired / Something is the matter with me. I |
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| You / never / your car keys / can / find |
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| almost never / go on holiday / My parents |
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| at 8 a.m. / I / always / get up |
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| My parents / very often / to help me / come |
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| once a month / usually / I / to the hairdresser's / go |
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| Kevin / ? / win / Does / always |
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| in blue / She / very often / dresses |
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| Do / ? / you / to the gym / go / every day |
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| need / every other day. / I travel a lot. I / some petrol |
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| Can / in green? / dress / always / I |
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| asking me questions / is / She / always |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| listens / She / rarely / when you talk to her |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| Yesterday, / me / phoned / she / twice |
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| to the dentist / go / I / once a year / usually |
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| some help with the homework / need / They / usually |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| John / often / is / late |
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| to the gym / I / three times a week / go |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| often / eats / pizza / for dinner / Mike |
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| you / do / How / to the disco? / go / often |
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| My car / breaks down / several times a year |
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| if you need it / rarely / help you / Tom / will |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
